The Press., 1887-11-10
COVENTRY.
SOUTH COVENTRY.
A. S. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Manager
 of Coventry Local Register.

I A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Manager of Coventry Local Register. l From time to time we hear or read statements which would lead one ignorant l of facts to think that this village was in a less prosperous condition than twenty years ago, proof of this being the loss by fire of the Washington and lower village woolen mills and D. W. Huntington's silk mi l. The sites of those mills are unoccu- pied, but o. Fl. Kenyon < Co.'S. works are greatly enlarged, the Cartridge Co.'s, B it, tum's silk mill and Tracy's shoddy mill have increased capacity, Armstrong's car ria9e works and Charles Kingsbnry's saw mill arc busy, there is not a desirable ten ement unoccupied, rents are high. More than twenty new dwellings have been built in the twenty years, also the Methodist and Catholic churches, while the summer residents expend large sums of money.
 In case tired Tuesday in Hartford it was also testified by J. D. Thompson of Coventry that when his dog brought in a wounded bird he killed it by biting it's neck. He added that everybody did so = which will b9 news to sev, rl sportsmen. This evidence was apparently intended to account for the ring round the neck of the bird in court. If it were killed in that way, however, the man who got it must have taken the whole head in his mouth, and then turned the bird around so as to bite equally on every side of the neck. There was more highly instructive talk of the same kind.
 The H. H. Society recently reorg"- nized, electing nearly the same board of officers.
 The funeral of Eben Eaton was at- tended at the M. B church Saturday, and the burial was in the Nathan Hale ceme- tery with Masonic rites. Mir. Eaton mar ried Emma, daughter of the late Daniel Green, in this place, and resided here for several years, removing to South Wind ham, thence to Montville, where he was employed as station agent. The last time we met Mir. B some years since, he spoke of failing health, giving as cause over- taxing his body by lifting heavy weights in trials of strength, the number of pounds lifted being many times his own weight. He died in the hospital at Middletown, having been ther9 two and one-half years.
 Geo. Parker and wife went to Bolton last week to spend the winter with MT. Sam'l Stone, Mrs: R's. brother.
 E. l.. Hutchinson, J. B. Brown, R. M Rose and others are about to build ice houses.
 -SOuth-st. school closes next week.
 -PGrhaps the parties who so fattered the boy by giving him newspaper no- toriety." as related in "the boy and doc tor' Copied on page 1st), were not aware that the doctor has been suffering for some weeks with excema in his face so badly that to go from out-of-doors into 8 warm house causes extreme suffering, 90 that regular patients are visited only at great cost to himself, and sensible people are of the opinion the better way would have been to have kept the matter out of the papers, and put the boy where he might become less mischievious than at present.
 -Eben Eaton was soldier in the late war, in which he was wounded. For the few years previous to his serioussillness he was secretary to many associations, which work proved too great in addition to his regular daily duties.
 w. A. Loomis and wife of Hartford were in town the first of this week.
 Rev John Pearce exchanged with Rev. MT. Norris of Gurleyville last Sun- day.